World Railway News... 13th September 2012

International Railway Journal

SIEMENS and Stadler Pankow have formed a consortium to bid for the contract to supply trains for the forthcoming Berlin S-Bahn Ring Line concession, which is currently being tendered by Berlin Brandenburg Transport Authority (VBB).

DESPITE the United States' sluggish economic recovery, Amtrak ridership is surging this year with 11 consecutive monthly ridership records, according to the latest figures released by the national passenger operator.

METRO de Madrid has handed over the completed technical studies for the first metro line in the Ecuadorian capital Quito.



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Metrolinx awards major tunnel-boring contract for light-rail expansion

CSX implements interim loading plan at damaged coal terminal in Baltimore

Chicago Transit Authority awards $220 million contract for Red Line reconstruction

Iowa commission allocates more than $4 million for rail projects

Sound Transit to kick off commuter-rail service to South Tacoma, Lakewood next month

Container counts climbed at Virginia port last month

Illinois village seeks FRA approval to establish quiet zones; Ohio commission approves crossing upgrades

Rail supplier updates from Siemens, ENSCO, L.B. Foster, RailWorks, FreightCar America and Vossloh (Sept. 13)


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Nomad Digital to unveil new technology to boost onboard internet
Wireless technology provider Nomad Digital will unveil a new technology at Innotrans next week in Berlin, Germany, to improve internet speeds onboard trains, buses and trams.       
                   
Metrolinx awards Eglinton Crosstown LRT contract to Crosstown Transit ConstructorsMetrolinx has awarded the first of two major tunnelling contracts for the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) project in Toronto, Canada.       
                   
Estel to deliver signalling systems to Djelfa-Laghouat rail line in Algeria
Estel, a joint venture between Siemens and Algerian national railway SNTF, has won a contract from railway agency ANESRIF to supply signalling and telecommunications systems for a new 108km rail line in Algeria between Djelfa and Laghouat.       
                   
Ansaldo STS wins Rio Tinto signalling contract in Australia
Ansaldo STS Australia has won a new €65.1m contract to deliver signalling, communications and transmission systems for Rio Tinto's heavy haul Rail Capacity Enhancement Project 353 (RCE353) for its Pilbara operations in Western Australia.


Office of Rail Regulation(UK)

New passenger journey statistics published by ORR

13 September 2012
Over 360 million passenger journeys took place on Great Britain’s railways in Q1 2012-13 (1 April- 30 June) - 14 million more than the same period last year - show new statistics published today by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR).
Latest passenger usage figures highlight that:

• The number of passenger journeys rose by 5.4% on London and South East rail services compared with the same quarter in 2011-12, with over 246 million passenger journeys in 2012-13 Q1.
• Passenger journey numbers on regional rail services increased by 0.4% to nearly 82 million, and increased on long distance services by 4.1% to 31.5 million in 2012-13 Q1 compared with the same quarter last year.
• The total number of kilometres travelled by rail passengers in Q1 2012-13 was 14.4 billion kilometres – 0.4 billion kilometres more than in the same quarter in 2011-12.
• Passenger kilometres on London and South East franchised operators increased by 4.5% to 6.7 billion passenger kilometres, and on long distance services by 2.9% to 4.9 billion passenger kilometres compared with the equivalent quarter last year. Passenger kilometres on franchised regional operators decreased by 0.3% to 2.7 billion passenger kilometres compared to Q1 last year.

Data published today also recaps on annual figures for 2011-12. In 2011-12, 1.46 billion passenger journeys took place on Great Britain’s railways.
To view these statistics, and also data on passenger revenue, visit ORR's National Rail Trends (NRT) Portal at: http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk
The NRT Portal - which now has over 1,800 subscribers - gives everyone access to a wide range of rail statistics throughout the year. The NRT Portal holds information in one place and is easy to navigate. New data is uploaded onto the Portal each month.

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